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A quick question about the 2nd amendment. Doesn't it violate a person's constitutional rights to have any sort of gun control? I mean the amendment doesn't say that ex-cons can't own them, or that insane people can't. It states that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. So isn't any gun control measure infringing upon that right?
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banko, I'll take a stab at helping you.
The Bill of Rights, void where prohibited by law.
You have the unalienable right to possess firearms. You lose the protection of government's guarantee of that right when you are convicted of a felony. You don't lose the right, merely the guarantee and protection of that right from the government.